Here is some brief information about myself.

I’m interested in science because I think it helps you to understand the world. I like writing and editing because every project is different – with CD-ROMs, I particularly enjoy the challenge of working with multi-media. Although I’ve written loads of books, I still get excited when the first copies of a new series arrive!

Recent books include Floods and Hurricanes & Tornadoes in a series on Wild Weather for QED and Asthma and Down’s Syndrome for Hachette Children’s Books.

I was born in Yorkshire in England, but grew up in Stranraer, a small town in south-west Scotland. I graduated from Edinburgh University and then came down to London where I have lived ever since, with my husband and two children, Miranda and Jack. I play tennis several times a week and like walking. We have recently been on walking holidays in Spain and a trek in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, which was fantastic.

Links:
www.nawe.co.uk
Website of the National Association for Writers in Education (NAWE).

www.ncll.org.uk
Website of the National Centre for Language and Literacy (NCLL).

www.nibweb.co.uk
Network for Information Book Writers and Editors website, which includes a list of non-fiction children’s authors.

www.ukchildrensbooks.co.uk
Directory for children’s books from which you can visit the websites of other authors.

www.heinemann.co.uk/library and www.heinemann.co.uk/primary
Websites for Heinemann Library and Raintree imprints and for Ginn, Rigby and Heinemann (Primary) imprints. You can buy copies of books at discount from both of these sites.

www.amazon.co.uk